The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-12-30
TOLL AND TMLERS.
Whit Is Being Done in the Labor World.

Increasing Demand FOR Workers in the
South and West Extensive All.
Round Building-Sparks.
While thousands of lahorers are be-
ing discharged almost every day on ac-
count of the closing of the busy season
there is in a great many venue of
activity an increasing demand for
labor that is rather surprising The
Investigation of industries IN the south
and west accounts for this. Nearly all
the western and southern railroads are
putting up warehouses, machine shops,
stations, or doing other railroad work,
and there is a great deal of winter
work now being entered upon by the
manufacturing interests Of those two
sections. Late accounts show that
there will be more work i'll the north
west this winter than there was last
year, both outdoor and indoor. There
is something like an industrial revival
in Missouri and Arkansas. The rapid
growth of shop, mill and mine work in
the far west is not threatening tho
same interests in the cast. No down
ward tendency in wages is apparent.
Throughout the east the building trades
will not be quite as well paid for the
next three or four months, but tn
nearly all other branches there will be
no reduction.
The shipments to the Pacific coast of
machinery, tools and supplies for man
ufActuring establishment is stimulating
the curiosity of u good many eastern
manufacturers as to what is going on
in that locality. Quite a number of
manufacturers have lately gone on n
trip of observation to See whether it
would not pay to give closer attention
to the Pacific coast as Il market for ma
chinery and manufacturing products
Fruitdrying and mining machinery,
hardware Of all kinds, heavy mill ma.
chinery, besides cordage, wire material
and Woodworking machinery, have
been finding their way along the Pa
citic coast.
The National Association of Builders
will meet in Cincinnati on the second
Tuesday of February and discuss three
important questions, namely, labo,
troubles, permanent arbitration, and
the adoption of a code of rules to pro-
tect builders in estimating on work.
This is expected to be Tie creates,
turnout of builders ever known and
circulars are out all over the country
calling for information as to the hours
of labor in some ten or twelve
branches of the building trades, the
wages per hour in the spring and N III,
summer and the number Uf luckouts
for the year.
Notwithstanding ali the gloomy
talk about Il falling of in railroad con.
Atruc,ion the string of new enterprises
is increasing. New roads are project
ed in Illinois and Indiana and /;
road has been projected from Omaha
to Ell Paso, Texas. with a capital of $40
000, 900. A new line has Just beer
completed connecting Memphis anf
Denver. road is TO be built from
Montana to texas, opening an en,irel,
new region for coal, lumber. wheat
and cattle, with a capital of 1900.
900. The extreme points will be Gal.
weston, on the Gulf coast, and Mile;
City, Montana.
If the new Government telegraph
scheme shall go through, the wire
manufacturers will have plenty O
business. The bill asks for ten trunk
lines across the country, and the charge
will be 10 cents per twenty words un'
der 500 miles, and ) cents additions
for each additional ten words, ard TO,
greater distances than 500 miles ~
additional rate Of 5 cents for each 25(
miles. The telegraph supply penpl,
will welcome this bill, and the tele.
graphic workmen will not oppose it.
The manufacturers of cotton good.
especially of dress ~ginghams and cali
Goes, are much pleased at their heavy
sales. The entire print market has 8
strong undertone. Agents are making
liberal shipments to the south and ives
of color prints, dress ginghams, seer
suckers and other wash dress fabrics
The market in staple cotton is so fal
sold ahead that for immediate want
buyers frequently have to 90 to tn,
leading jobbers in New York and thi!
city to get goods.
At Rochester, N. Y, tic Stale Boart
of Mediation and Arbitration has beer
trying to settle the shoemakers' diff
~culties. One large manufacturer vii
remove from that city to a country
town. The larger houses declare they
will hold out for free shops, in accord
ancc with their latest circulars, if i
shall take until next July and 4 loss o
an entire seasons business. The Mas
s%achusetts manufacturers do not pay
much attention to the State Board O.
Arbitration.
AS q result of the tests of the West
ingbouse freight brakes in eleven cities
it has been found that a train whicl
has a length, weight and speed tha'
can be stopped by five men with baud
brakes in 1868 feet can be stopped by
air-brakes in Ill feet. A train making
forty miles an hour can be stopped by
a%ir-brakes in GAG feet. The new brake
just introduced will stop q train in one
half the d~istancesthat the old ones will
Z The builders Of machinery and en-
n Gines for water works are very busy
a 0ver 100 cities and towns are either
increasing their water capacity OF buy
ing new machinery. The result is tha'
foundries and machine shops engaged
in this line of work have as many or
ders as they will probably be able tt